Bankruptcy Blogs

Lessons from the Top-Performing Banks

06/01/16

Achieving high performance is a challenge. But these five traits help the elite banks drive such impressive results.

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Morning Scan: Community Banks Enjoy Rebound; Tarullo's Influence

06/01/16

Receiving Wide Coverage ... Return to Form?: Community banks are doing very well, thank you very much, Mr. Dimon. But it's not necessarily a return to the salad days of pre-2008. The Wall Street Journal's ongoing series on the banking industry looks at the state of community banking, and pronounces the sector healthy, but facing serious issues. Â...

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Linc USA Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

06/01/16

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Energy Future Holdings Chapter 11 Case – The Largest Game Ever of Texas Hold’em?

05/31/16

The chapter 11 case of Energy Future Holdings (“EFH” or “Debtors”) roared back to life this month.

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Denver Broncos Look to Take Sports Authority Name Off Mile High

05/31/16

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High-Cost Credit Better than No Credit? Not Necessarily

05/31/16

The idea that restricted access to loans for poor-credit borrowers is unequivocally a bad thing is based on industry talking points that don't stand up to real world scrutiny.

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Has Google Removed a Key Barrier to Mobile Onboarding?

05/31/16

Instant Apps could give banks a better option for transitioning customers from a quick and easy account opening to a more robust banking experience.

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Morning Scan: Broad Questions About Banking's Future Amid Pressures

05/31/16

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Banking's Identity Crisis: Banks are in the midst of a period of upheaval, as the industry seeks to reinvent itself amid huge changes in consumer preferences, banking technology and the regulatory landscape. Fintech disruptors will probably be subsumed into the larger banking universe, although their ideas will live in. Ultimately, the old ways of banking will die only when those banks that lived through the financial crisis move on. ...

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Specialty Chemical Maker Vertellus Enters Bankruptcy

05/31/16

Chemical manufacturer Vertellus Specialties Inc. filed for chapter 11 protection and is planning to auction its business. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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